IBM Research is shaping the future of computing by making quantum technology accessible to researchers, developers, and enterprises worldwide. Design plays a critical role in translating highly complex ideas into clear, engaging, and human-centered experiences across our products, platforms, and brand. On the Quantum team, you’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

Your role and responsibilities

As a visual designer for IBM Quantum, you will work at the intersection of science, design, and culture to design experiences for one of the the most innovative technology initiatives at IBM. You will help define and evolve the visual expression of IBM Quantum across digital products, marketing, and brand experiences. You will craft visual experiences that aid in communicating complex concepts and influencing user behavior, with the overall goal of making quantum more broadly usable and accessible. To do all of this, you will collaborate closely with a cross-disciplinary team of UX designers, user researchers, product managers, and developers to ensure a cohesive, high-quality visual system across web, social, and event touch points—while pushing the brand forward over time.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Iterating on and delivering high-quality visual designs for the IBM Quantum website and IBM Quantum Platform, in addition to marketing, social media and editorial content
Leveraging and assisting in the evolution of the IBM Quantum and Qiskit brands
Ensuring designs align with the larger IBM Brand and Carbon Design Systems
Developing original illustration and typography-driven designs that bring clarity, personality, and digestibility to complex topics
Partnering with third-party vendors (agencies, motion studios, printers, fabricators) to deliver high-quality outcomes
Contributing to event design (physical and digital), including environmental graphics, stage visuals, event activations, and presentation materials
Collaborating with UX designers and developers to ensure visual consistency and accessibility of designs, throughout the handover, review and release processes
Produce motion and animation assets for web, presentations, and social channels

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Strong experience as a visual, graphic, or brand designer creating work for digital products and platforms
Expert-level proficiency in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop
Exceptional skills in illustration, typography, and composition, with strong attention to detail and a high standard of craft.
Ability to translate abstract or complex concepts into clear, engaging visual designs
Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, with strong communication, presentation, and delivery skills
Comfort working with design systems and contributing to their evolution

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience in designing online user interfaces that enable users to interact with complex technologies
Experience creating animations and motion graphics for digital and presentation use
Experience designing technical or scientific content
Event or environmental design experience
Experience working with external vendors and partners
Good organization and time management skills, with the ability to work with tight deadlines and on multiple projects simultaneously

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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